History 121 # 4812101 American History The American Civil War to the New Millennium

Professor N.M. Niedzwiecki Santiago Canyon College Contact info: 714- 628-4940 Office: D-116-3 Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 to 4:00 pm E-mail: [email protected]

Texts Murrin, Liberty, Equality, Power, Thomson-Wadsworth Publishing

Course Objectives

1. To examine and analyze the origins and historical development of America, during the time frame specified. 2. To recognize the forces that contributed to the particular development of diversity, values, institutions and ideas of the United States, both nationally and internationally. 3. To understand and describe critically major political, economic, intellectual and cultural themes within America 4. To understand and recognize the contributions of ethnic and gender groups.

Course Requirements Students are responsible for ALL reading assignments and lecture material. The format of the class will be lecture-discussion. Students are encouraged to read the assigned chapters in advance. Debate, class participation and appropriate commentary are encouraged.

Exams will consist of fill-in, short answer and essay. Make-up exams are allowed under well documented extreme circumstances, in which the student is to write a 15 page research paper, due one week after the exam, on a topic assigned by the instructor. Please see me for details regarding a make-up. The paper will also be lowered one letter grade.

*The Final Exam must be taken at the exam time specified by the class schedule. NO Exceptions!!!!

Due to the varied dynamics of each class, changes do occur. Therefore, dates of exams and assignments are subject to change.

Absence/Drop SCC Policy: “It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw officially from this course. A student may also be dropped for excessive absences when the total hours of absence exceed 10% of the total scheduled hours of the class.”

You are allowed three excused absences; any absences beyond the allowed three will result in a loss of 50 points from the total cumulative points.

TAPE RECORDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CLASS!

Grading

Library/Museum Report100 points Exam #1 100 points A = 100-89% Exam #2 100 points B = 88-78%` Total: 580 points Exam #3 100 points C = 77- 68% Exam #4 100 points D = 67- 55% Class Attendance 20 points F = less than 54% Participation Summaries 60 points

Assignments

Week #1 I. Course introduction and expectations, exams, and grading II. Contact Information, e-mail, etc. III. Housekeeping: Pagers, cell phones, absences, tardiness, class participation appropriate behavior IV. Chapter 17 The Aftermath: The Reconstruction of the Union 1865-1877. Week #2 I. Chapter 18 Parties, Patronage, and Pork: Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century. II. Spanish American War, Imperialism and Labor in America III. Chapter 19 New Economic Crisis IV. Immigration, multiculturalism and the quota systems V. Film on the “new” immigrants Week #3 I. Chapter 20 We Who Built America: Factories and Immigrants. II. Film: The 19th Amendment III. Industrialism and the Growth of Big Cities IV. Film: Industry in America V. Review for Exam #1 Week #4 I. Exam #1 {Chapters 17-20} II. Chapter 21 The Progressives III. Teddy Roosevelt and the Good Old Days: American Society in Transition 1890- 1917 Week #5 I. Chapter 22 Move toward World Power and the prelude to World War I II. Film on American Imperialism: Latin America, China and South East Asia III. Chapter 23 World War I IV. Film: America at War Week #6 I. Chapter 24 The Age of Celebrity II. Film: The Roaring 20s III. Hooverism Week #7 I. Exam #2 {Chapters 21-24} II. Chapter 25 The Great Depression III. Film: The Dust Bowl Week #8 I. The Great Depression (cont.) II. The New Deal (part I) III. The New Deal (part II) IV. Global Imperialism and the New World Order V. Film: The World at War Week #9 I. Chapter 26 World War II: At the Pinnacle of Power 1939-1945 II. The War in the Pacific III. The War in Europe Week #10 I. Chapter 27 The Cold War II. The Age of Containment a. Korea b. NATO c. HUAC III. Review Exam #3 Week #11 I. Chapter 28 American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age II. Film: American Foreign Policy III. The Civil Rights Movement a. Brown b. Miranda c. Roe IV. Exam #3 {Chapters 25-27} Week #12 I. The bi-polar global order II. Chapter 29 The Kennedy-Johnson Era III. The rise of Communism IV. Film: Israel and Palestine V. The Nixon Era a. Foreign and Domestic Policies b. Watergate Week #13 I. The Vietnam Era II. The Neo-Conservatives and the New Left III. Chapter 30 Economic and Social Change in the Late 20th Century IV. Film: Hate in America Week #14 I. Chapter 31 Cold War: The U. S. and the Nuclear Age 1968-1980 II. The Carter Years a. The Middle East III. Stagflation IV. The Reagan Era a. The New Right b. Supply-Side Economics Chapter 48 Johnson's Great Society: Reform and Conflict 1961-1968 V. Gorbachev a. Escalation and Resolution VI. Film: The School of Assassins Week #15 I. Chapter 30 (cont.) The New Millennium a. The Persian Gulf War b. Clinton and the “new” Southern Democrats c. Cold War ends? II. Final Exam Review Week #16

I. Final Exam {Chapters 28-31}

Celebrate……….you made it!!!!!!!! L ibrary Assignment

All students in survey courses are assigned to visit a museum, historic house or Presidential Library. The choice of museum will be up to you. The format of museum reports should follow these guidelines:

Describe your museum experience: In a general way, using formal language, describe what it was like and what types of things did you see. Relate the exhibits to topics discussed in class. Include a mention of the date of your visit and attach a receipt. Your report may include comments on the quality of presentation you encounter the guided tour and gardens. Are the exhibits explained effectively? Are personnel well-informed? Is the facility well- designed?

The report should begin with the "experience" essay, then include references to various exhibit items, and then follow this with a detailed list of descriptions of five artifacts. Your style should be formal, similar to a research paper or book review.

Describe five specific artifacts: If you visit a museum, select items from various parts of the museum--not all from the same exhibit area! Make notes on the information in the exhibit label or catalog, which may be helpful when you write the report. "Artifacts" may not be limited to objects in a museum display case--they can be buildings, equipment, even features of the landscape on a battlefield. Connect what you see to the course readings.

Length -- at least three page, do not exceed five pages, using Font 12 with Times Roman Text

Due Date: Announced in class

You will schedule this assignment at your own convenience, but you my get more from it by waiting a few weeks into the course. Be certain that you know how to find the museum you have chosen, that you know what the parking and admission requirements will be, and that you have allowed sufficient time--two to three hours--for the visit. A preliminary visit to the organization's web page will help plan most of this.